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~ Book Review: Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout ~

Title: Obsidian

Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout

Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC

Release Date: November 23, 2011

Pages: 316

Format: ebook

Source: Bought it.

Genre: YA/Paranormal

Starting over sucks. When we moved to
West Virginia right before my senior year, I'd pretty much resigned myself to
thick accents, dodgy internet access, and a whole lot of boring.... until I
spotted my hot neighbor, with his looming height and eerie green eyes. Things
were looking up. And then he opened
his mouth. Daemon is
infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. We do not get along. At all. But when a
stranger attacks me and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand,
well, something...unexpected happens.The hot alien
living next door marks me. You heard me.
Alien. Turns out Daemon and his sister have a galaxy of enemies wanting to
steal their abilities, and Daemon's touch has me lit up like the Vegas Strip.
The only way I'm getting out of this alive is by sticking close to Daemon until
my alien mojo fades. If I don't kill him
first, that is.

(4.5)

Sweet baby Jesus! How did I
survive all of this time without reading this masterpiece by Jennifer L.
Armentrout? I don't know, but someone should have slapped some sense into me a
long time ago. After all the talk about this books from my friends, and believe
me, there was a lot of talk and swooning, I wanted to know what all the hype was
about. So, I decided to give a chance, and HOLY COW, it was awesome! Once I started I could not put it down, it
keep calling me, I wanted to know what was going on and more important, I
wanted to keep reading about Daemon. Oh Daemon, you are the worst-best thing
that could ever happen to any woman (if that makes any sense lol). Brace
yourself lovelies, there is a lot of swooning and fangirl coming!

Katy and her mother move to West Virginia after the tragic death of
her father. Katy is used to the warm weather of Florida, so it takes some time
for her to adjust to her new home. Katy
is adorable; strong, funny and she runs a book review blog!!! After her arrival, she meets her next door
neighbor - gorgeous, HOT, smexy, Daemon. He is all that UNTIL, he opens his
mouth and soon Katy realizes that the dude is a major jerk- rude to the moon
and back. Katy doesn't understand why he is like that with her if they only just
met. Katy meets Dee, Daemon’s twin-sister; she is gorgeous just like her
brother. Dee is really sweet and wants to make friends with Katy as soon as
they meet. Daemon doesn't seem to approve of this friendship and turns into
this overprotective jerk and start treating Katy or Kitten (as he decides to
call her) really bad. The tension between them is almost palpable but Daemon is
always acting like an ass-hat so most of the time they end up fighting. A series of events happen leading Katy to
think that the twins are not human, and she is right, THEY ARE NOT HUMAN, NOT
AT ALL.

OMG, I love this book to pieces! Katy is such an awesome heroine; strong and
doesn't take crap from anyone. She sacrifices
herself for the safety of Dee and Daemon, even though he is not friendly to her
at all. I adore the way that her character develops throughout the book. Daemon, oh that fine piece of a men, as much
as I want to hate him for the way he treats Katy, I just couldn’t. There is something about him that attracts
everybody (and not just his obvious hot looks). The guy is seriously moody; one
moment he had me wanting to rip his head off, next he had me wanting to have
his babies - yeah, that serious! The
love-hate relationship between him and Katy, well more hate that anything, is
so attractive that you just want to lock them both in an empty room and watch
what happens. Oh what the hell, lock ME in a room with him to see what happens!
Focus, Daisel! The plot was well executed
in my opinion, it was the right pace and you get the answers that you are
waiting for. The ending was incredible, action packed, sweet, funny and
emotional.

I am so happy that I got to read this book. I want to thank all my
dear friends that pressured me to read this, now I will recommend this to
everyone and their mother! I can’t to wait to pick up Onyx and see how the
story continues, until then, I shall dream about Daemon.